When I looked up the definition of "ultimate", this one resonated the most - "incapable of further analysis, division, or separation." Ultimate happiness sounds like a worthy aim within the various schools of virtue ethics. The Stoic definition of eudamonia seems accessible to all who make the effort to cultivate it, even those of us non-aristocrats & non-Aristotelians without health, wealth & good looks.
I am assuming that when you use the word “ultimate”, it’s interchangeable with “intrinsic” (when referring to good)? A valuable distinction between these and instrumental good. I look forward to learning more about eudaimonia (sp), too; the distinction between the Stoic view of eudaimonia and other Greek conceptions of eudaimonia.
When I looked up the definition of "ultimate", this one resonated the most - "incapable of further analysis, division, or separation." Ultimate happiness sounds like a worthy aim within the various schools of virtue ethics. The Stoic definition of eudamonia seems accessible to all who make the effort to cultivate it, even those of us non-aristocrats & non-Aristotelians without health, wealth & good looks.
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I am assuming that when you use the word “ultimate”, it’s interchangeable with “intrinsic” (when referring to good)? A valuable distinction between these and instrumental good. I look forward to learning more about eudaimonia (sp), too; the distinction between the Stoic view of eudaimonia and other Greek conceptions of eudaimonia.